Toy riding-horse.



N. J. BRUROCK.

TOY RIDiNG HORSE.

APPUCATION FILED JULY5,19I8.

L289,320 Patented 1m. 31,1918.

NELSON J. BRUBOGK, F MONTE'VIDEU, MINNESOTA.

TOY RIDING-HORSE.

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To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, NELSON J. BRUROCK,,. a citizen of the United States, residing at Montevideo, in the county of Chippewa, and

State of Minnesota, have invented certain 'new and useful Improvements in Toy Ridand I do hereby declare the ing-Horses and exact de-' following'to be a full, clear,

script-ion of the invention, such as will en able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

to improvements. in

My invention relates has for its 'ob ect to toy riding horses and provide such a toy that ill .have the natural movement of a horse and, at the same time, overcome'the objection to the ordinary rocking horse, in: that it willnot injure carpets 'or polished floors.

, To the above; end, generally stated,

inventlon consists of the" novel. devices and combinations of devices hereinafter de scribed and defined in the claims.

In the accompanylng drawings, I which illustrate the invention, like characters indihaving cate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings z Figure 1 isa side elevation of the invention, with some parts broken away and some parts sectioned; and

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionj taken on theline 2-2 of Fig. 1. i

The numeral?) indicates atoy riding horse horsealso preferably has only a single front leg and a s'ngle rear leg. igidly secured tothe body of the horse 3, is a fiat depending guide bar 6 having a longitudinal slot 7.

This guide bar 6 extends into a slot 8 formed in a base 9 supported on four widely spread legs 10. A pin 11, extended throughthe two slots 7 and 8 and having its endsanchored in the body of'the horse, connects the horse to the base, with freedom for up,

down, forward and backward movements. 'The formation of the slot 8 is such as to hold the guide bar 6, and hence the horse, against sidewise movement, but it will permit free vertical forward. and backward movements of said barhorse 3.0m the base 9. These two springs'l2 are bowed, the former forward and the 'lat- Front and rear springs '12 support the ter rearward with the guide bar 6 extending therebetween. Each spring 12- is formed,

Specification of Letters Patent.

abridle and a saddle 5. This as shown,,from a single rod bent to form apair of laterally spaced arms, the lower end portions of which are rigidly secured Patented Dec. 31, 191% Application filed July 5, 1918. Serial No. 243,251.

to the sides of the body 9 by-clips 13. T

further secure the arms to the base 9, the extreme lower ends thereof are bent laterally and inserted in bores formed in said body. 1

. Between the arms of each spring 12, is a transverse horizontal portion-14 n which the-body of. the horse 3 is supported. These transverse spring portions are located, the

one just forward of the guide bar 6 and the other just rearward thereof and are secured to thebody of the horsevby staples 15, or

other clips, which permit a hinge-like movement of the body on each spring. The I spread of the arms of the springs 12 is such as to permit free movement f the horse therebetween. The guide bar 6 holds the horse against extreme sidewise movement, with respect to the base, and the in 11 limits the up and down movement t ereof.

Obviously, the widely spread legs 10 of I the base 9 securely support the horse without danger of up-setting and, as said base isstationary, the legs thereof will not mar the floor or damage a carpet onwhich they rest. A child riding on the horse can cause the same, through the action of the springs,-

to imitate difierent gaits of a horse.

.What I claim is: I 1. The combination with a stationary base, of a toy riding horse, a spring supporting the horse from the base, and a guide bar rigidly secured to the horse and extending into a guide slot in the-base with freedom for up, down, forward and backward movements.

2. The combination with a stationary base,

the horse from the base, a depending guide bar rigidly secured to the horse and extending into a guide slot in the base, said slot being formed to permit vertical, forward and backward movements to the guide bar,

ion.

and a'slot and pin connection between the V base and guide bar.

3. The combination with a stationary base, i

of a toy riding horse, front and rear bOvv springs supporting the horse from the base, each of'said springs being formed from a rod ,bent to form a pair of laterally spaced 9 5 of a toy riding horse, a spring supporting Q I. meepe arms connected at their upper ends by a pin extended through both of said slots and transverse portion to which the body of the having its ends anchored in the base. 10 horse is pivoted, a depending guide bar In testimony whereof I aflix my signature rigidly secured to the horse and extending in presence of two witnesses.

5 into a guide slot in the base, said slot being NELSON J. BRUROCK. formed to permit vertical; forward and Witnesses: a "backward movements to the guide bar, a E. V. BENSEL,

longitudinal slot in the guide bar, and a C. D. BnNsnL. 

